Orange Chess Bars Food

ORANGE BARS

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan with butter.
• Stir together the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the butter to the bowl and use a pastry cutter to cut it all together until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Press into the prepared pan and bake until golden around the edges, about 20 minutes.
• For the filling: Stir together the granulated sugar and flour in a bowl. Crack in the eggs and whisk to combine. Add the orange zest and juice and mix until combined. Pour over the crust and bake until the filling is set, about 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours, then sift powdered sugar over the top before cutting into 16 pieces.

CHESS BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Take the cake mix, 1 egg, and softened stick of butter and mix together.
• Pat down into a 9x13 pan.
• Mix together remaining eggs, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla and pour over cake.
• Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 325 and bake for 45-50 minutes.
• This cake will sink in the middle after it cools.
• Let cool completely before cutting. Cut into squares and place any remaining bars in the refrigerator in an airtight container (between layers of wax or parchment paper).

CHEWY ORANGE CREAM CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13x9" pan very well.
• Stir together flour, granulated sugar and salt in a large bowl.
• Add butter, eggs, orange extract and orange zest.
• Using an electric mixer, beat until well blended.
• Pour batter into a prepared pan and bake for 30 min or until light golden brown and set.
• Remove from oven and cool.
• Spread frosting over completely cooled bars.
• Orange Cream Cheese Frosting:.
• In a large mixing bowl, whip butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer.
• Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until it is all combined and smooth.
• Beat in the orange zest and juice. I usually don't use all the frosting, just use as much as you like.
• Spread over bars.

OOEY GOOEY CHESS BARS

Steps:

• Set your oven to 350.
• Grease a 13 x 9 pan.
• With mixer, mix yellow cake mix, melted butter and 1 egg. Press into pan.
• Next, beat cream cheese until creamy (takes a few seconds), add confectioners' sugar and two eggs and mix until well blended. Fold in peanut butter chips and ½ cup heath bar bits. Pour all this over yellow cake mixture. Sprinkle the rest of the heath bar bits on top and bake for 45 minutes. You can garnish with confectioners' sugar.

KENTUCKY CHESS BARS

Steps:

• 1. 1 Yellow Cake Mix 1 Egg 1 Stick of Butter
• 2. Mix 1 egg into cake mix. Melt butter, add to egg / cake mixture. Stir until becomes a ball. Pat into greased 12x15 flat pan.
• 3. Take 8 oz. Cream Cheese and beat with mixer until smooth. Add 2 eggs and 1 box of confectioner sugar. Mix until smooth.
• 4. Pour on top of cake mixture and bake 30-35 minutes or until light golden brown in color. Bake at 350 degrees.
• 5. Cool completely before cutting.

SOUTHERN CHESS SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Mix together the cake mix, melted butter and the egg. Stir in the chopped pecans. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time until blended.
• Pour cream cheese mixture over crust. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Cool in the pan, then cut into squares before serving.